Bristol Boy Scout Bugle Corps Launches Booster Campaign
The Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps will start a Booster Campaign tomorrow, with Donation Day to raise funds for new instruments. The drive seeks $570 to equip 12 soprano bugles, 4 piston G-D bugles, 2 tenor bugles, a bass drum, 8 snares, cymbals, bugle bells, and more, aided by recent donations of baritone bugles and cymbals.
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Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and Drum Corps
Junion Corps
New Bedford
Mass
Rhode Island
Bristol
Walk Over A C Baseball Tourney Sets Second Round
Two second round games scheduled at Guiteras Athletic Field with first at 1 30 PM and second after 3 30 PM. War ren Town Team meets Fifth Ward Newport in opener, Half Way A C of Providence faces Walk Overs in the nightcap. Final day slated for next Saturday with gate prize and play by play music.
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Guiteras Athletic Field
A. C
Providence
Red Sox
Newport
A. C of Tiverton
Connecticut Man Identifies Stolen Articles Found in Bristol Hotel
Bristol police identified clothing jewelry and other items found in a Bristol hotel room formerly occupied by Antone S Harta as belonging to him A 17 year old youth from Taunton Massachusetts is accused of multiple auto thefts in Bristol over the past two weeks Police Chief Anthony J Ferrara said Harta eluded arrest by leaping from a hotel porch and is sought by three states
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Bristol
Antone S. Harta
Connecticut
Anthony J. Ferrar
Harta
Manuel Alves
Metacom Avenue
Alves
Joseph C Sylvia, Jr
Bay View Avenue
Carr .Manufacturing Company
Taunton Mass
Ferrara
Nunes Names Two Committees for State Party Outing
Anthony J. Nunes , chairman of the Bristol Democratic Town Committee, named two committees to organize the State Democratic Party annual outing at Rocky Point on August 28. The statistics committee is chaired by Gra HOE 3 haaybarren and includes Laura Balzano, Robert L. Garvin, and Jerry Romano. The voting committee is led by Romano and lists Pres cott B. Paull, John Romano, Joseph J Dennis, Pasquale Pagnano, Senator Thomas H. Byrnes, Postmaster Daniel W. Coggeshall, Dr. Charles E. Callery, Pasquale Maisano, Lawrence A. Mooney, Frank Marshall, and Mrs Margaret B. Andrade.
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State
Democratic Party
Rocky Point
Anthony J. Nunes
Bristol
Democratic Town Committee
goPtagg
Haaybarren
Laura Balzano
Robert L. Garvin
Jerry Romano
Prescott B. Paull
John Romano
Joseph J Dennis
Pasquale Pagnano
Thomas H. Byrnes
Daniel W. Coggeshall
Charles E. Callery
Pasquale Maisano
Lawrence A. Mooney
Rhode Island Soldier’s Home
Frank Marshall
Margaret B. Andrade
Lindley Speaks On Pitcairn Island at Bristol Yacht Club
Granville P Lindley of Barrington gave an illustrated talk on Pitcairn Island at the Bristol Yacht Club last night. More than 100 people heard of the island visit by two men who installed modern radio gear to connect natives with the outside world. Motion pictures of living conditions were shown after the talk, with J W DeWolf Jr. serving as committee chair.
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Pitcairn Island
Bristol Yacht Club
Granville P Lindley
Barington
Lindley
J W DeWolf, Jr
Trio Admits Break at Callan Construction Office
Police took three juveniles into custody Tuesday night after a reported break in the Callan Construction Company office. They admitted entering the building and will appear in juvenile court before Judge William T. O'Donnell next Monday morning, then were released to their parents.
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Bristol
Callan Construction Company
William T. O'Donnell
Anthony. Ferrara
Mixed Gathering Attends Weenie Roast at St Rita’s
A hundred attendees from St. Rita's Girls Society of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church gathered at Ferrycliffe Farm for a frankfurter roast. The event featured games, dancing, music by a stringed quartet, and prize winners led by Miss Anna Camera as arrangements chair.
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St. Rita's Girls Society of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Ferrycliffe Farm
Sir Gin
Billy Rohrman
Anthony Ascolt
Frank Silvia
Nicholas Ascolt
August Demoted From WPA Truck Driver to Laborer
Alvaro August, linked to Bristol WPA and SAR workers, began work as a laborer on the Sherman Avenue project after prior service as a WPA truck driver. Relief Administrator Domenic Mascola said truck drivers would be reassigned next period, part of cost-cutting. Ernest Benoit denied political aims for the proposed Betterment Club, saying it would be non political with a mass meeting planned for August 24 to discuss its true purpose and invite officials suspected of being targets.
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Alvaro August
Bristol
WPA
SAR
Sherman Avenue
Domenic Mascola
James 4
Mascola
Gosdac
Benoit
Ase
Macaca
Ida Stichini Makes Bristol Visit
Ida Stichini, famed Portuguese actress, tours America and visits Bristol. A 20 piece Fall River orchestra accompanied her as 450 plus residents gathered at Colt Memorial High School to see the performance of Meu Amor a Traicoeiro.
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Bristol
Colt Memorial High School
Ilda Stichini
America
John Perry
Portugal
Arino Ferreira
Antonio Sousa
John Barbosa
Manuel J. Pavao
Jeremias V Viera
Stichin
Judges Named For Flower Show By Countryside Club
Five women active in Garden Club circles will judge the Countryside Garden Club flower show on August 25 in Burton school. The panel includes leaders from Bristol Barrington Oaklawn and Seven Hills clubs with Mrs Sebastian Bernard Jr as general chairman and entries due by August 22.
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Countryside Garden Club
Girl Scout
Burton School
Sebastian Bernard, Jr
William W. Perry
Samuel C. Wardwell
Edith Paull
Bristol Garden Club
J. William Sutcliffe
Barrington Garden Club
Frances E. Bates
Oaklawn Garden Club
A. Hayward
Seven Hills Garden Club
Garden Club
Bernard
A. A. Marcotte
Nora E. Dwyer
Winifred C. Walsh
Anuel Almeida
Hopalong Wins Wednesday Race at Bristol Harbor
Hopalong driven by Jean MacColl claims victory on the 2.5 mile Bristol Harbor course with a time of 56 minutes 58 seconds. Bevis, owned by Tony Zinderstein, finishes seven seconds back in second place amid a field of fifteen boats led by Colidum Remora Aurora and Widgeon in the running order.
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Jean MacColl
Bristol Harbor
Tony Zinderstein
Bevis
Murray Danforth
Martha Nicholson
Remora
George deWolf
Aurora
Ruth Palmer
Widgeon
Frank French
Gloria
Ernest Brown
Mary DeWolf
Ed Leahy
Hovey Freeman
Poppy
Samuel Parsons Rambler
John S. Congdon
Nancy Bell
Gilman Lowe
Benson Rockwell
Phantom
Ivy Guild Sells Supper and Sale at St Michael's Parish
Ivy Guild held a chicken and lobster supper for about 200 people at St Michael's parish house. The event featured decorated tables and a post dinner sale with committees led by Mrs Earl Hobson and chairmen handling Candy Cake and White Elephant stalls among others.
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Ivy Guild
St. Michael's Church
Earl H. Hobson
Louis Gallo
Arthur M. McCaw
John R. Magee
Clara Diman
Frank Goff
Kate Stewart
Russell Southwick
Benjamin M. MacDougall
Charlotte Young
William H Angevine
Evelin C. Bache
Frank A. Rounds
Myra Whitman
Earl P. Mathewson
William Darling
Frederick Brownell
Mary Wood
Walter Carr
Edith Newman
Georgiana Stenson
John Magee Jr
Robert Tourigney
Lightning Fear and Safety Tips from Fire Expert
Excerpts from P Hildreth Parker on lightning fright and fire prevention for telephone workers. The piece describes the sudden flash and thunder, the shockwave that follows, and the importance of calm during storms. It emphasizes that injury can occur with little warning and urges preparedness.
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P. Hildreth Parker
Telephone Employees Magazine
Parker
Lightning Power Compared To A Reading Lamp
Professor Stemmetz compares the power of a lightning discharge to a reading lamp, noting a lamp runs at about 60 watts while a lightning flash is estimated at 500,000,000 kilowatts, illustrating the vast difference in scale.
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Stemmetz
How to Stay Safe in Lightning Storms
The article explains lightning paths from cloud to ground and how to avoid strikes by staying away from tall isolated objects. It recommends viewing storms from steel frame buildings and notes lightning rods protect structures like the Empire State Building and the Washington Monument. It also mentions grounded metal flagpoles offering protection.
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Empire State Building
New York City
Washington Monument
Weather Safety Tips for Campers Add Interest to Thunderstorms
The article urges campers to consider rocky ground and tent placement to reduce risk during lightning storms. It argues careful planning can prevent accidents, reduce fear, and allow a calmer view of one of nature's great electrical displays.
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Boy Scouts
Band
Bristol Scouts
Bristol Corps
New England
Warren
Bene Torried-Atrone
Offtwas
Paensdritte
Sorgresa Thors
Phoenix
Norman Rene
Franklin Street
Bristol Boy Scout Bugle and
John ‘Ylafazia
Virgil Arruda
Edward Beeden
John J. Perry
Lawrence Ascoli
George R. Fish
Frank Sousa
Manuel Sousa
Daniel Freitas
John LaFazia
Ralph Monafo
Joseph Belanger
Vincent Re O
Arthur Conlan
Albert Morris
George Morris
Fred Morris
Charles St. Angelo
Joseph Marshall
John Travers
Angelo Ventura
Thomas Foley
John Freitas
Manuel Vasconcellos
Frank Panzarella
Warren Campanella
William Bottomley
Manuel Paiva
Cymris
Daniel Rene
Robert Montgomery
Virginia Bruce
Gordon
Jack Holt
Preston Foster
Patricia Ellis
Frank Jenks
Lowell Thomas
News Reel
Gene Raymond
Olympe Bradna
Olympe
Glenda Farrell
Lewis Stone
Porter Hall
Douglas Dumbrille
Donald Woods
Patricia Ellis McNamee
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Taunton Bay
Nunes
Callan
Weenie
Mary Camera
Philomena Tamburro
Domenic Pasquarelli
Samuel Turillo
Caroline Squatrito
Laura Sousa
William Rohrman
Anna Camera
Ney Massano
W.P.A. Club
Ida Stichini
Hopalong
Tercoria Cnase
Ali
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